Eutechnyx will no longer be NASCAR's exclusive video game licensee. As of January 1, 2015 DMi is now the exclusive video game and digital entertainment licensee going forward. The begs the question, who is DMi?

DMi is a new development studio headed by Tom Dusnberry and Ed Martin. You might recognize Martin's name as he was with Papyrus, Hasbro Interactive, EA Sports, and most recently managing the business side of Eutechnyx's NASCAR titles. Dusenberry was the founder and president Hasbro Interactive. (Both are apparently big NASCAR fans!) The studio will be based in Charlotte, North Carolina which is in the heart of NASCAR country.

As for what's next, that is where things get a little complicated. Eutechnyx was apparently already hard at work on what will be called NASCAR 15. NASCAR 15 is not really a new game, but rather the NASCAR 14 game with a season update and some bug fixes. It will be digital-only release this Spring for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC; but it will not be a DMi game.

The first DMi developed NASCAR title will arrive in 2016 that is already in development for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. This title will be the first next-generation NASCAR title. As part of the deal, DMi has acquired certain NASCAR-related assets from Eutechnyx which includes core art assets such as the tracks and cars. In addition DMi has also acquired some existing NASCAR games including NASCAR Manager which will be re-released at a later date.

So basically Eutechnyx is out and DMi is in. NASCAR 2015 will be released as a digital-only release and will contain 2015 season updates, plus some bug fixes to the NASCAR 2014 code and that will end Eutechnyx's involvement in the franchise. In 2016 we will get a new next-generation NASCAR offering from DMi.

Eutechnyx, who is lately most associated with the new NASCAR racing video game released last year, has announced that they will be opening up their new title called Auto Club Revolution to a closed beta where they are able to access and scale test features and content.

You might not know about Auto Club Revolution, but it is a new online racing game and car community that the company has been developing. The first closed beta of the title will start on July 25th and the company plans to move to a “no invite needed” open beta test later this year.

Rumors have been tipping up that the new NASCAR 2011 would not be released outside North America. While North America enjoys the strongest support for the NASCAR series, apparently that didn’t sit well with NASCAR fans in other regions such as the U.K., where the game was not scheduled to see a release.

Developer Eutechnyx, however, is exploring some options for those NASCAR fans outside of North America so they can get the title if they want to play it. According to the latest word that we hear, Eutechnyx is apparently looking at a “region free” release of the game. While most PS3 titles are region- free, many Xbox 360 titles are not. Some very high profile titles, however, have been released in a region-free format, however; so this is not a new idea.

If demand for the game is high enough, Eutechnyx might consider distributing the title themselves outside of North America. Apparently, according to sources we have spoken with, the Activision distribution deal that the developer has is only for the North American market. This is why although NASCAR 2011 was announced for the North American market (it will arrive on March 29th), it was never confirmed for release outside North America, according to what we have been told.

Those waiting for the new NASCAR 2011 that was to arrive in February will have to wait a little longer. New NASCAR 2011 developer Eutechnyx has said that the title will be delayed (or bumped, if you will) till March 29th.

While the studio is claiming that the delay has nothing to do with NASCAR likely changing its Championship Points structure starting with this season, it does seem that the title was in a shippable state but the developers are being giving additional time to polish and add a couple of features that they wanted include.

Sources tell us that the decision was made in the interest of producing the best game possible; and because this is the first new NASCAR game in a while and the first to be distributed by Activision, as well as the first in the new NASCAR franchise from developer Eutechnyx, they naturally want to get it right.

The delay in the release of the title means that it will not arrive in time for this year’s Daytona 500, which is the biggest race of the year and the start of the 2011 NASCAR season. While a number of rumors have suggested that a PC version might be possible in addition to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii versions that will be released this year, our sources tell us that it isn’t happening. While a PC version might be a possibility in the future, there isn’t going to be a PC version of NASCAR 2011 this year.